Where Is the "Edward Scissorhands" Cast Now? Inside the Stars' Lives 35 Years After the Premiere Alexandra Schonfeld, Carson BlackwelderDecember 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM 0 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands and Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands' When it comes to gothic fantasy romances, Edward Scissorhands is a cut above the rest. Premiering on Dec. 14, 1990, the film marked the first of many collaborations between director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, Carson BlackwelderDecember 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands and Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'
When it comes to gothic fantasy romances, Edward Scissorhands is a cut above the rest.
Premiering on Dec. 14, 1990, the film marked the first of many collaborations between director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp.
The story of Edward Scissorhands followed Depp's titular character — a gentle, scissor-handed humanoid — as he attempts to integrate into picture-perfect suburbia after being taken in by Peg Boggs (Dianne Weist), a well-meaning mother and Avon lady, and her family, including daughter Kim (Winona Ryder).
A critical and financial success, the film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup and Depp a Golden Globe nod for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. According to Box Office Mojo, Edward Scissorhands earned more than $86 million at the worldwide box office. Now considered a cult classic, it has continued to gain a devoted and cross-generational fanbase who watch it during Halloween and throughout the holiday season.
Since its release, Burton has shot down the idea of a sequel.
"There are certain films I don't want to make a sequel to. I didn't want to make a sequel to that because it felt like a one-off thing," the filmmaker told IndieWire in November 2024. "Certain things are best left on their own, and that, for me, is one of them."
As Edward Scissorhands celebrates its 35th anniversary, read on to see what Depp, Ryder, Wiest and the rest of the cast are up to now.
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Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands
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Johnny Depp on the set of 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Johnny Depp attends the premiere of 'Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness' at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2025.
Depp had career momentum when he stepped into Edward Scissorhands' memorable makeup, thanks to roles in films like 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street and 1986's Platoon, as well as becoming a household name for starring in the TV series 21 Jump Street from 1987 to 1990.
Edward Scissorhands kicked off his decades-long partnership with Burton — with whom he's collaborated several times over the years with the films Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).
During an interview in Tara Wood's untitled docuseries about Burton, Tim Burton: Life in the Line, Depp said the Edward Scissorhands script "passed through everything, anything, solid and went to the very core of whatever I am. The writing was beautiful. The character was beautiful. What I suppose [attracted] me emotionally was that Edward was me. It's exactly what I should be doing."
Outside of his work with Burton, Depp is known for the films What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Donnie Brasco (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Chocolat (2000), Blow (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Public Enemies (2009), Rango (2011), Black Mass (2015), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Jeanne du Barry (2023).
In 2003, he transformed into Jack Sparrow in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, playing the carefree swashbuckler in five films through 2017. He also played Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).
After stepping back from Hollywood following his defamation case and subsequent six-week trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, the prolific actor will make his big return to theaters on Nov. 13, 2026, with a major role in Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol. As Deadline reported in October 2025, the upcoming movie adaptation will offer a dark interpretation of Charles Dickens' beloved novella.
Depp shares two children with his ex Vanessa Paradis: son Jack and daughter Lily-Rose, who has followed in her father's footsteps as an actor.
While revered by many, Lily-Rose revealed that the tragic ending of Edward Scissorhands was "so distressing" that "she has refused to watch it ever since."
"I was traumatized by it," Lily-Rose, who watched the film when she was 3, told Harper's Bazaar UK in January 2025. "Not because I thought he was scary, but because everyone was being so mean to him, and I got really upset."
The Nosferatu star added, "I remember being petrified by that, which is weird, because I don't have many memories from when I was that young. It's a difficult childhood memory."
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Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs
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Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Winona Ryder attends the season 5 premiere of 'Stranger Things' at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in L.A. on Nov. 6, 2025.
Edward Scissorhands was not Ryder's first time in the world of Burton; she secured her breakout role as Lydia Deetz in the 1988 dark comedy Beetlejuice and has since thanked the filmmaker for believing in her early in her career.
"You affirmed my voice. You reinforced my confidence to be myself, to go against the tides of conformity," Ryder said during her speech at Burton's Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony in 2024, per Entertainment Weekly. "Your creative inclusiveness showed me what true artistic collaboration looked like, and, in other words, you made being a weird girl not just okay, but something to celebrate and even kind of cool."
Having become a sensation largely thanks to her role in 1989's Heathers, Ryder went on to star in '90s classics like Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Reality Bites (1994), Little Women (1994), Alien Resurrection (1997) and Girl, Interrupted (1999).
She reunited with Burton in later years, lending her voice to the 2012 animated flick Frankenweenie and reprising her role as Lydia Deetz in the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Ryder has been part of the ensemble cast of Stranger Things for its entire five-season run, from 2016 to the series finale in 2025.
Once romantically involved with former costar Depp in the '90s, Ryder has been dating Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011.
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Dianne Wiest as Peg Boggs
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Dianne Wiest as Peg Boggs in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Dianne Wiest attends the opening celebration of 'Arlene Shechet: Girl Group' at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, N.Y., on May 4, 2024.
Wiest was a seasoned actress before landing the role of Peg in Edward Scissorhands, having won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and starring in The Lost Boys (1987) and Parenthood (1989) — the latter earned her another Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actress.
After Edward Scissorhands, Wiest continued landing major roles, including an Oscar-winning performance for Best Supporting Actress in Allen's 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway. She also appeared in The Birdcage (1996), Practical Magic (1998), The Horse Whisperer (1998), I Am Sam (2001), Synecdoche, New York (2008), I Care A Lot (2020) and Apartment 7A (2024).
On the small screen, the Emmy-winning actress played Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin on Law & Order from 2000 to 2002, and guest-starred on In Treatment, Life in Pieces and Mayor of Kingstown. In 2025, she appeared on the series Only Murders in the Building and Elsbeth.
Wiest is also well-known as a stage actress, having starred in The Art of Dining, Three Sisters, Serenading Louie, All My Sons and Scene Partners, to name a few.
Wiest is a mother of two daughters, Emily and Lily.
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Anthony Michael Hall as Jim
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Anthony Michael Hall as Jim in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Anthony Michael Hall arrives on the red carpet of 'Saturday Night Live's' 50th anniversary special in New York City on Feb. 16, 2025.
Anthony Michael Hall was one of the biggest stars of the '80s — with roles in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Weird Science (1985) as well as spending a season as a Saturday Night Live cast member — when he landed the role of Kim's boyfriend, Jim, in Edward Scissorhands.
In a 2024 Business Insider interview, Hall recalled working with Burton on Edward Scissorhands, calling the filmmaker "a modern-day Walt Disney" and remembering how he was "soft-spoken and really chill" until he'd become "so alive once he was on set."
Since then, Hall has continued acting, appearing in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), The Dark Knight (2008), Foxcatcher (2014) and Live by Night (2016). On the small screen, he's starred on The Dead Zone throughout its six-season run from 2002 to 2007 in addition to appearing on Awkward, Riverdale, The Goldbergs, Bosch: Legacy, Reacher and Wednesday.
In 2023, Hall became a dad when he and his wife, Lucia Oskerova, welcomed a baby boy named Michael Anthony Hall II. He and Lucia wed in 2020 and renewed their vows in 2023.
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Alan Arkin as Bill Boggs
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Alan Arkin as Bill in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Alan Arkin attends the premiere of 'Spenser Confidential' at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020.
Alan Arkin had been acting for decades before playing Peg's husband, Bill, in the 1990 film.
After college, Arkin had a brief career in music — releasing a version of Harry Belafonte's "The Banana Boat Song" — before becoming an early member of The Second City in Chicago. Later, he made his Broadway debut in 1961, appearing in From the Second City, and winning a Tony for Enter Laughing in 1963.
Arkin had also ventured onto the screen around that time, appearing in films like The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)— which earned the actor two of his four career Oscar nominations.
Following his role in Edward Scissorhands, Arkin appeared in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Gattaca (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Jakob the Liar (1999), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) — which won him an Oscar — and Argo (2012), for which he earned his final Oscar nomination.
He also had a successful career on TV with notable roles on Escape from Sobibor, Chicago Hope, 100 Centre Street, The Pentagon Papers and The Kominsky Method.
Arkin was a father of three and married his third wife, Suzanne Newlander, in 1996. He died in June 2023 at the age of 89.
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Kathy Baker as Joyce
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Kathy Baker as Joyce in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Kathy Baker attends the opening night celebration of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2024.
Kathy Baker's first on-screen role came in 1983's The Right Stuff, and from there, the roles kept coming, including A Killing Affair (1985), Street Smart (1987), Clean and Sober (1988) and Dad (1989).
After landing the role of Joyce — a housewife who takes a liking to Edward — in the 1990 film, Baker led the cast of Picket Fences as Dr. Jill Brock from 1992 to 1996 and later appeared on shows like Touched by an Angel, Boston Public and The Ranch.
She's since racked up several film credits, including The Cider House Rules (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), Nine Lives (2005), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and The Age of Adaline (2015).
After appearing on the spinoff sequel Orphan Black: Echoes in 2023, the actress joined the cast of the Peacock horror series Teacup in 2024.
Baker has been married to Steven Robman since 2003. She shares two children with ex-husband Donald Camillieri.
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Robert Oliveri as Kevin Boggs
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Johnny Depp (left) as Edward Scissorhands and Robert Oliveri as Kevin Boggs in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'
When Robert Oliveri (seen here in a scene with Depp) landed the role as the Bogg family's young son, Kevin, he had just recently appeared in the 1989 cult film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Since Edward Scissorhands, Oliveri appeared in his last major role in the 1992 sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and has remained out of the spotlight ever since.
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Conchata Ferrell as Helen
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Conchata Ferrell as Helen in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Conchata Ferrell attends the Broadway opening night arrivals for 'Burn This' at the Hudson Theatre in N.Y.C. on April 15, 2019.
Conchata Ferrell first earned praise for her performance in the Off-Broadway play The Sea Horse in 1974. Then, she transitioned into on-screen roles in films such as Network (1976), Heartland (1979) and Mystic Pizza (1988) as well as on sitcoms like Hot I Baltimore and E/R.
Following her turn as Helen, one of Peg's neighbors, in Edward Scissorhands, she earned an Emmy nomination for her recurring role on L.A. Law and snagged two Emmy nods for playing the wisecracking housekeeper Berta on Two and a Half Men throughout its 12-season run.
Ferrell's other small-screen credits include A Peaceable Kingdom, Hearts Afire, Teen Angel and The Ranch, along with notable appearances in True Romance (1993), Erin Brockovich (2000), K-PAX (2001), Mr. Deeds (2002) and Krampus (2015). She also reunited with former costar Ryder as a voice actor in Burton's Frankenweenie.
Ferrell died at 77 in October 2020. She was married to husband Arnie Anderson from 1986 until her death; the pair welcomed their daughter, Samantha, in 1982.
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Caroline Aaron as Marge
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Caroline Aaron as Marge in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Caroline Aaron attends 'Conversations: 31 Candles' at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center in N.Y.C. on Nov. 5, 2025.
Before playing Marge, another one of Peg's neighbors, in Edward Scissorhands, Caroline Aaron made her acting debut in 1982's Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
Aaron has starred in other films like Heartburn (1986), Working Girl (1988), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990), This Is My Life (1992), Husbands and Wives (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Mixed Nuts (1994), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Primary Colors (1998), What Planet Are You From? (2000) and Lucky Numbers (2000).
Though she has had many small roles on TV, Aaron is most known for her role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, earning two SAG Awards for her performance as Shirley Maisel. Aaron also guest-starred on the CBS series Ghosts and in the 2025 Hallmark film Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story. She is also a regular on Broadway with appearances in productions of The Iceman Cometh, Social Security, I Hate Hamlet, The Ritz and Honeymoon Hotel.
Aaron has been married to husband James Foreman since 1980, and the couple shares two children.
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Susan Blommaert as Tinka
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Susan Blommaert as Tinka in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'; Susan Blommaert attends the premiere of 'Dead Ringers' at The Metrograph in N.Y.C. on April 3, 2023.
By the time Susan Blommaert landed the role of Tinka — one of Peg's meddling neighbors — she already had credits in the 1987 movie Forever, Lulu and the 1989 screen adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary.
Other notable film projects on Blommaert's résumé include Stay Tuned (1992), For Love or Money (1993), Guarding Tess (1994), Doubt (2008), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).
However, Blommaert is best known for playing judge characters in the Law & Order franchise, The Practice, Family Law and Bull, as well as a recurring role on The Blacklist. In later years, the actress appeared on Partner Track, New Amsterdam and Dead Ringers.
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Vincent Price as The Inventor
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Vincent Price as The Inventor in 1990's 'Edward Scissorhands'
Burton turned to a true horror icon, Vincent Price, to bring The Inventor, the man responsible for creating Edward, to life. Unfortunately, The Inventor dies before putting the finishing touches — you know, hands — on his beloved creation.
Price's filmography spans the 1930s to the 1990s and is perhaps most defined by his contributions to the genre, including roles in House of Wax (1953), The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and several film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's works. He also narrated Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video.
Beyond horror, he starred in The Three Musketeers (1948), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and The Whales of August (1987).
Price was also well known as an expert on art and for writing several cookbooks.
Edward Scissorhands was Price's final film released during his lifetime. He died in 1993 at the age of 82, according to The New York Times.
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